Sunshade for vehicles



1. P. HUMPHREY.

SUNSHADE FOR VEHICLES.

APPLICATION FILED DEC-24. I920.

"1,393,130., Patented'0ct1L1921 JOHNFHZIMPHREY y ff'wlg UNITED STATES JOHN P. HUMP HBEY, OF SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS.

I SUNSHADE FOB VEHICLES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 11, 1921.

Application filed December 24, 1520'. Serial No. 432,964.

To all whom it may concern I Be it known that I, JOHN P. HUMPHnnY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Springfield, in the county of Sangamon and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Sunshade for Vehicles, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to sun shades such as are used on automobiles and other vehicles to protect the eyes of the driver from the glare of sunlight and from dust and smoke carried by the wind.

The purposes of the invention are to provide a sun shade adapted for use in connection with the wind-shield-standards of any one of a number of vehicles of different makes; to provide improved means for connecting the sun shade with the wind-shieldstandards of any common manufacture; and to provide improved details of construction adding to the convenience and effectiveness of the sun shade.

The invention is illustrated in the annexed drawing, to which reference is hereby made, and will now be fully described and.

the novel features thereof will be recited in the claim.

Figure 1 is an elevation of a sunshade embodying my invention, attached to the wind shield-standards of a vehicle; Fig. 2 is a side elevation of one of the brackets supporting the sun shade; Fig. 3 is an edge view of the right hand bracket, shown in Fig. 2, and shows in dotted lines the opposite or reverse bending of the blank to form alefthand bracket; Fig. at is a plan of the blank from, which the brackets are formed; Fig. 5

' is a plan view, on a reduced scale, of the skeleton frame of the sunshade; and Fig. 6 is a reduced plan view of the envelop apart from the skeleton frame.

The same reference numeralsdesignate the same parts in all the views.

The protective member or vizor of the sun shade, designated as a whole by the numeral 10; comprises a. skeleton frame designated as a whole by the numeral 12; boltends 13 permanently attached to the skeleton frame; and an envelop 1 1- of waterproof fabric completely inclosing the skeleton frame. The skeleton frame is preferably formed from a. single rod bent as will now be described.

To form the skeleton frame 12 from a single rod as indicated in Fig. 5 the procedure will be as follows: starting with one end of the rod at the point 15 run straight to 16; at the point 16 bend the rod at right angles to itself and run straight to .17 at the point 17 bend the rod at right angles to itself and run straight to 18; at the point 18 bend the rod at right angles to itself and run straight to 19; at the point 19 bend the rod at right angles to itself and run straight to 20; at the point 20 bend the rod at right angles to itself and run straight to the point 21. At the points 15 and 21 the terminals of the rod will be brazed to the body of the rod as shown at 22. The bolt-ends 13 will be securely connected with the frame 12 by brazing or hard solder 23. of such length that they I may be readily adapted to wind-shield-standards 30 at various distances apait from each other.

The envelop 14 (Fig. 6) preferably consists of a single piece of waterproof fabric folded longitudinally, wrong side out, along its central line 2 1 and sewed as indicated by the dotted line 25 along one end and one side. At the sewed end of the envelop is a part left unsewed to permit spreading apart the members of the envelop to form an opening 26 through which one bolt-end may be inserted. After being sewed as described. the envelop will be turned right side out and the skeleton frame 12 will be inserted in the envelop with one bolt-end 13 extended outwardly through the opening 26; the free ends of the parallel members of the: envelop will then be turned in and stitched together, and a line of stitches 9 .(Fig. 1) will be made along the inner side of both side members of the skeleton frame and along the inner side of both of its end members and along both sides of its intermediate member, all

around the inside of the skeleton frame, to

securely connect the envelop with the frame.

Here it is to be noted that the skeleton frame is a smooth structure which may easily he slid into the envelop; and when the line of stitching 9 is completed the members of the envelop will lie fiat against each other; both sides of the shield will be alike; the stitching will give an attractive finish to the shield, and the shield, as a whole, will combine lightness and strength.

The brackets for supporting the sun shade are formed from blanks pressed from sheet metal, one of which is shown in Fi 4. Each blank comprises a body 27 latera extensions 28; ears 29 havin ceive bolts for connecting the brackets with The bolt ends are.

holes to re the standards, and an inclined longitudinal member 31 having an eye 32 to receive the bolt ends 13.

A wind-shield 38, of a type commonly used on vehicles, oscillates inv bearings near the upper ends of fixed vertical standards 36. The wind-shield usually has two lateral shafts 37, one at each end of the wind-shield;

and is equipped with washers S2 and nuts 33 as shown. In practice, when the windshield is properly adjusted, the nuts on the shaft 37 will be tightened to hold the windshield in any inclined position in whichit may be placed.

The sun shade herein shown and described being designed for use in conjunction with various wind-shields, it is important that the brackets 8e and 35, used to support the sun shade on the standards 36, shall not interfere with the movement of the windshield 38, or the manipulation of the nuts 33, which secure the wind-shield in different inclined positions. I therefore provide brackets 34 and 35 inclined rearwardly to permit desired partial rotation of the windshield, and inclined laterally to permit free manipulation of the nuts 33. The brackets 34L and 35 are in pairs, one being right-hand and the other left-hand, but in either case the brackets will be formed from exactly a V similar biElIlkS 2(, the only difference being 'that the members of the blank will be bent as shown by full lines in Fig. 3 to form a right-handbracket; and will be bent as shown by dotted lines in the same view, to

form a left-hand bracket.

the eyemember ell occupying a plane spaced apart from but parallel to the plane of the body'27.

The bolt ends 13 extend through the eyes 32 (Fig. l) of the members 41 and are equioped with wingnuts 4E2, washers 43 and jam nuts 44.

Strap bolts d5 provided with ,nuts e6 connect the brackets with the respective standards.

When the parts are adjusted according to the width between the standards, and the brackets have been placed on the standards, the nuts 46 will be tightened to securely connect the brackets with the standards; and the nuts 42 and le will beso adjusted relative to the bolt ends 13 and the membersfll that the vizor 10 will be safely supported on the brackets so that it will not gravitate downward by its own weight, but may be rotated by. hand to admit of setting the vizor at various inclinations, according to circumstances. I r a Havingfully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentis:

A sun shade usable in conjunction with wind shield standards and a wind shield supported thereon, comprising a fabriccovered vizor frame having at each end a laterally extended bolt-end in. line with the upper edge of the vizor frame; right and left brackets each having ears, lateral extensions, holes to receive bolts for connecting the brackets with the respective windshield standards, and an outwardly, upwardly and forwardly inclined and upwardly extended member having an eye to the respective brackets and securingsaid brackets on the wind-shield standards; and

shield supported on the wind shield stand- In witness whereof Ihave hereunto signed 'my name at Springfield, Illinois, this 15th day of December, A; D. 1920.

JOHN P. HUMPHREY.

lVitnesses: Y BOY G. TROXELL, S. A. TROXELL.

.85 rece've one bolt-end of the vizor frame; strap bolts extending through the eyes of 

